Areas of Practice

• 95% Energy

Litigation Percentage

• 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 1975
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Education

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1975
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1971
  B.A.
  Major: History
  
  

Representative Cases

• Riddle et al. v. Simmons et al., 922 So.2d 1267 (La. App. 2 Cir. 2006)
• McDowell v. PG&E Resources Company et al., 658 So.2d 779 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1995)

Representative Clients

• F. Howard Walsh, Jr.
• Camterra Resources, Inc.
• Empresa Energy LP
• Comstock Resources, Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Mineral Law Institute, 1982 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Council, Louisiana Law Institute, 2000 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Shreveport Bar Association, 1975 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Louisiana State Bar, 1975 - Present
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Associate/Partner, 1975 - 1994

Pro Bono Activities

• Caddo Parish Indigent Defender Board, 2006 - Present

Birth Information

• May 5, 1949, Beeville, Texas, United States of America